PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Signify, Work Ethic, Attachment Theory
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Hard to study because of self-selection people select their own conditions. Relationships help people and o ering survive, increasing the likelihood of passing on one"s genes long-term relationships evolved to facilitate reproduction and raise o spring. Friendships evolved so non-kin could cooperate, avoiding competition and aggression. Since they"re evolutionary, they have many universal features, e. g. siblings wrestling. Need to belong is a need so it is satiable - when you have enough real friends, you don"t look for more. Mortality rates higher for divorced, unmarried, widowed people and psych problems too. Communal relationship people feel a special responsibility for one another and give and receive according to the principle of need; long-term; e. g. close friendships, small villages. Exchange relationship people feel little responsibility toward one another; giving and receiving are governed by concerns about equity and reciprocity; short-term; e. g. interactions with salespeople. Rewards and the social exchange theory of interpersonal relationships.
